Alicia looks at the unemployment rate in her local town. She remarks to her friend, "Some people have to be at the bottom. It is necessary for society to run smoothly." Alicia's views reflect which sociological perspective?
a. functionalism
b. conflict theory
c. symbolic interactionism
d. feminist theory
a
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a. upper-middle class / upper class b. working class and poor / middle class c. working class and poor / upper class d. working class and poor / upper-middle class e. middle class / working class and poor
When a behavioral or physical problem is it changes the way we think about the condition. Specifically it is less likely to be considered a sin; now it is a disease
a. rationalized b. internalized c. medicalized d. intellectualized
Anglo-conformity assumes the desirability of maintaining modified English institutions, language, and culture as the dominant standard in American life
a. true b. false
The __________ approach to disability defines disability in terms of some physiological impairment, either mental or physical, such as an inability to walk or function with adequate mental capacity due either to genetics or accident
A) social B) medical C) paralegal D) parasocial